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Resolution authorizing a contract with Simon Roofing and Sheet Metal Corp., Youngstown, Ohio, for the spring 2021 roof replacement project at 18 North County Street amount of $273,936.
Staff Summary
• The scope of work for the administrative tower roof replacement project is to furnish and install roof materials, insulation, flashing in designated areas to address repairs due to areas of the roof that are leaking.
• Facilities and Construction reviewed options to address the current leaks and is recommending the above scope of work.
• Facilities and Construction identified a cooperative purchasing contract with Simon Roofing and Sheet Metal Corp., Youngstown, Ohio, through TIPS-USA to procure the required services that was competitively solicited and awarded.
• Pursuant to Article 10-101 of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, Cooperative Purchasing, Lake County may participate in a cooperative purchasing agreement for the procurement of goods with one or more public procurement units in accordance with an agreement entered between the participants.
• The current term of the TIPS-USA contract expires on August 31, 2023.
• This resolution authorizes the cooperative purchasing contract with Simon Roofing and Sheet Metal Corp. in the amount of $273,936.
• Following the April 11, 2021 Financial and Administrative Committee meeting, additional information was made available that required further evaluation. Under the terms of the Responsible Bidder Ordinance, a waiver of the apprenticeship program provision would be required to proceed with this award. That waiver was not granted. Therefore, County Administration recommends that this resolution be postponed indefinitely.
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R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, the scope of work for the administrative tower roof replacement project is to furnish and install roof materials, insulation, flashing in designated areas to address repairs due to areas of the roof that are leaking; and
WHEREAS, Facilities and Construction reviewed options to address the current leaks and is recommending the above scope of work; and
WHEREAS, Facilities and Construction identified a cooperative purchasing contract with Simon Roofing and Sheet Metal Corp., Youngstown, Ohio, through TIPS-USA to procure the required services that was competitively solicited and awarded; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Article 10-101 of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, Cooperative Purchasing, Lake County may participate in a cooperative purchasing agreement for the procurement of goods with one or more public procurement units in accordance with an agreement entered between the participants; and
WHEREAS, the current term of the TIPS-USA contract expires on August 31, 2023.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the Purchasing Agent is authorized to enter into the cooperative purchasing contract with Simon Roofing and Sheet Metal Corp. for the spring 2021 roof replacement project at 18 North County Street in the amount of $273,936.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on May 11, 2021.